Chapter 2: Bloodshed on the battlefield and escape from the Immortal Gate
Chapter 112 Decisive Battle
There is also the biggest reason. There is no water for thousands of miles outside Qixia Pass, which is extremely unfavorable for the garrison of large armies. After the heavy snow, it is completely possible to melt the snow and obtain water, which can easily solve this problem.
Qixia Pass is built on the mountain. Outside the pass is thousands of miles of red land. It is most suitable for large cavalry regiments to fight. Seventy thousand light cavalry galloped at high speed. In less than an hour, the sound of fighting could be heard from the front.
When the reinforcements arrived at Qixia Pass, naturally a scout notified Jiang Meiliang, who immediately formulated a battle plan. This was also the main reason why the reinforcements only rested for two hours before setting off.
It is impossible for 30,000 cavalry to completely annihilate Wu's 100,000 vanguard army in a short period of time. After all, those who can serve as vanguards are also elite soldiers and strong generals.
There are 50,000 cavalry in the 100,000-strong army, including 10,000 heavy cavalry. If they really have to face each other with all their strength, Jiang Meiliang will be at a disadvantage.
Of course Jiang Meiliang would not do this. Although the Wu army has strong overall combat capabilities, because it is a mixed army with multiple arms, coordination is naturally poor.
No matter how fast the infantry can run, can they still catch up with the cavalry? There is naturally a huge speed gap between heavy cavalry and light cavalry, so it is easy to become disconnected in offensive battles.
Jiang Meiliang naturally knew the Wu Army's shortcomings, so how could she attack the enemy's strengths with her own shortcomings? Her 30,000 elite cavalry used small forces to harass guerrilla warfare, making full use of the overall coordination to mobilize the Wu Army's light cavalry and let them separate from the main force before proceeding.
fighting.
Relying on the individual qualities and tactics of his cavalry, Jiang Meiliang caused the Wu army to suffer a heavy loss in the first battle. After several consecutive battles, the Wu army lost more than half of its 40,000 light cavalry, while the Jiang army lost only a thousand cavalry. The Wu army never dared to take it easy again.
Attack.
But in this way, the battle was extremely frustrating. During the day, the whole army only dared to advance slowly in coordination. At night, they were constantly harassed by Jiang Jun, which made them exhausted and demoralized. They only looked forward to the arrival of their own army.
The most troublesome thing is the supply problem. As a vanguard, it is a pioneering force. What matters is the speed of advancement. Naturally, the baggage preparations are insufficient, and logistics follow-up and supply are needed.
The vanguard of the Wu army, which was originally on the offensive, was forced to defend and lost the initiative on the battlefield. Jiang Meiliang sent a small group of cavalry, which easily cut off the Wu army's logistical supplies.
The daily consumption of an army of 100,000 is definitely not a small amount. Fighting is a manual labor, and you cannot fight when you are hungry. Therefore, in the past two days, Wu Jun has been completely unable to leave.
At this moment, Qixia Pass received reinforcements, which were still 70,000 light cavalry. If these troops were united and the 100,000 cavalry were united, they could easily tear apart the Wu army, which was outnumbered and had no morale.
With such a good opportunity for total annihilation, he naturally could not give up. He agreed on a battle plan with the reinforcements. Jiang Meiliang left only a few thousand people to scold the front. The army quietly went around to the rear of the Wu army and suddenly launched an attack.
Jiang Jun's sudden attack stunned Wu Jun and caused great confusion. However, Wu Jun's vanguard general was no idiot and quickly calmed down.
He knew very well the strength of Jiang Jun, which was 30,000 light cavalry. Although they lacked supplies, after all, their time was still short and they had not lost their combat capability. Nearly 80,000 heavy troops were not something that 30,000 Jiang Jun could eat in one go.
General Wu soon figured out that Jiang Jun had transferred almost all of his main force to his own rear to launch an attack. He judged that the reason why Jiang Jun was acting like this was because his main force was about to arrive, and he wanted to make a desperate move, which immediately boosted his morale.